When God looks down
on the greater Pearland community He sees two kinds of people. It’s not black
and white. It’s not rich or poor. It’s not Republican or Democrat. He sees
lost people and saved people. He sees people on the way to heaven and people on
the way to hell.
The words “lost”
and “hell” are no longer politically correct. We want to say people are
“unchurched” or “unsaved” or “spiritually challenged.” But the Bible says they
are lost. Jesus said, “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was
lost” (Luke 19:10).
We don’t sing,
“Amazing grace how sweet the sound; that saved a wretch like me; I once was confused” or “I
once was unsure” or “I once was unchurched.” We sing, “I once was LOST and now
I’m found; was blind, but now I see.”
According to the
Apostle Paul, he really was a man of constant sorrow. He was broken-hearted because of the lost
condition of his fellow Jews. He wrote, “I
have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I
myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those
of my own race, the people of Israel” (Romans 9:2-4).
Are we broken-hearted
for the lost in our community? We must be! Our mission compels us to be! If we
are not, then we must seek God, change our ways, and pray daily for a broken
heart…until it comes!
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